joker

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈdʒoʊkər/ UK /ˈdʒəʊkə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person who jokes; a playing card outside the normal suits

He drew the joker and won the round outright.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who jokes; a... jester comedian wag witpranksterclown trickster

Word family

Related forms jokejokey

Etymology

From 'joke' + '-er'; 'joke' from Latin 'iocus' ('joke, jest'). The playing-card sense is American, from the late 19th century.

iocus Latin

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# joker

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈdʒoʊkər
**IPA (UK):** ˈdʒəʊkə

## Meanings
1. a person who jokes; a playing card outside the normal suits

## Examples
- He drew the joker and won the round outright.

## Synonyms
- jester
- comedian
- wag
- wit
- prankster
- clown
- trickster

## Related Forms
- joke
- jokey

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: iocus

## Etymology
From 'joke' + '-er'; 'joke' from Latin 'iocus' ('joke, jest'). The playing-card sense is American, from the late 19th century.

## AI Etymology
Joker comes from 'joke' + '-er'; 'joke' from Latin 'iocus' ('joke, jest'). The playing-card sense is American, from the late 19th century. The etymological trail includes Latin iocus. As a noun, joker means a person who jokes; a playing card outside the normal suits. The same family is visible in related forms such as joke and jokey. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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